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[Masayoshi Mikami <mmikami@rc.m-kagaku.co.jp>]

Just one thing.

The following reference might also be useful...
   "Mathematical Theory of Symmetry in Solids"
   C.J. Bradley, A.P. Cracknell (Oxford University Press (1972))

Other suggestions ?
Masayoshi

On 2007/03/20, at 11:38, Masayoshi Mikami wrote:

> Dear Zhang,
>
> I am also curious. ;-)  Well, my suggestions are :
> - Try to find papers wherein they deal with the B.Z.
>    same with your case.
>
> - Check the Bilbao site:
>    http://www.cryst.ehu.es/cryst/get_kvec.html
>   (you can check figures of B.Z. by following hyperlinks there)
>
> - At libraries, you might find some reference book,
>   such as
>    "The theory of Brillouin zones and electronic states in crystals"
>    by H. Jones  (1975)
>    This kind of books are mostly out of print, but you might find
>    second-hand ones in Internet (e.g. Amazon).
>
> I would also appreciate other kinds of information about this.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Masayoshi
>
> On 2007/03/20, at 4:51, Zhang, Waigen wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> > Come to my question directly.How to choose special K point(or say  
> > k path) when we do the band/phonon structure calculation? I know  
> > for some simple structure,the special K point
> > is well known.But for arbitrary structure,how can I get the  
> > special K point?
> > Thanks a lot
> > Best,
> > Zhang